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I haven't used one, but there is also the Boot Lane Works chassis:
https://bootlane.org.uk/shop/kits/locos/No6

I'm sure you could replace the motor with a similarly sized 12v one if desired.

Thanks all. After fafing about with the DeWinton for so long I just wanted to build this one as intended and get it done!

I started this project before Christmas but then the modelling mojo abandoned me for a while so I've only just finished it off. This is the excellent Loco Remote kit ( https://www.locoremote.co.uk/3dprints.html ) for the Brush Battery Electric Locos supplied to the Ministry of Supply during WWI. The...

An ingenious design with the alloy substructure - very interested to see how this develops.

Very nice work on the railcar. Instantly recognisable.

I remember seeing the layout around the local shows - I always liked the overall roof at the station. I had forgotten about Toucan completely though!

Interesting. I had seen photos of those dropside waggons before, but I hadn't realised how big they were! I had always assumed they were slate waggon sized.

Very nice. Shades of Princess in the last few months of working in 1946.

I think I'd agree with Peter ( not that I know!). Quarry workshops could turn out some amazing stuf, so threaded rod may well have been possible, but from a manufacturing cost, time, and simplicity, point of view, cutting a thread on a few inches at each end might make far more sense. This is the r...

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Wed Nov 23, 2022 12:55 pm

I must admit to being a bit chuffed (!) with this resin printed injector for the DW. It needs a bit more cleaning up but hopefully that will be easier to see once it has some grey primer on it:

pqr_de_winton injector.png

Very nice!

Excellent work with the LNWR slate wagon Stuart. Always nice to see our models completed! Best wishes Porterhouse Models Thanks Mr Porterhouse. It went together very easily although I have made a few tweaks. I saw your Facebook message about a picture btw - just need to find some time at home in th...

The motors/gears are ok although the open gearbox with their really fine gears are prone to collecting muck and jamming. I learned that lesson early on and now I print a thin resin shroud to enclose them. They are Ok for small 0-4-0's but I doubt they would be much good in a larger loco, three or f...

I've been planning to use up motor I had spare at the end of the Contractors Loco project, a small N20 "gearmotor" with double ended output shaft. I was intending to mount it vertically in the DeWinton boiler and put a sprocket on each shaft to chain drive both axles. I always knew that the driven ...

The derelict loco is Kathleen , which I think is now at the Vale of Rheidol. George Henry is still as it came out of service at Penrhyn - apparently it still has the remains of the last fire in the grate! [/ quote] I don't know one way or the other but the Flickr poster has the derelict loco down a...

I had two sets of drawings on file the 16mm Assoc/ Dave Watkins ones of Idris and the Merionith Raliway Soc ones for George Henry. I strted with the Idris ones and then realised that since they were intended for a live steam version, they were not entirely correct in some respects, so I switched to...